Cloonee Makes Room for Each Model of Himself on Debut Album, 'Are You Nonetheless You?'

The British home producer recruits Chris Lake, Prospa and extra to make the case for each model of himself.

Some followers need the outdated Cloonee again. An equal quantity, he says, need somebody new. On his debut album, Are You Nonetheless You?, he declines to decide on.

“With this album I need to provide you with each Cloonee,” he stated in a press launch shared with EDM.com. “An ode to myself. The outdated me, the present me, the brand new me, and every thing in between.”

The opener, ‘Catch Me in Amsterdam,’ units the file in movement with a disco tilt, threading gentle funk plucks and vibrant strings beneath a smoky vocal from Sirolf. ‘Paradise’ reunites Cloonee with Chris Lake, who signed him to Black Guide Data again in 2020. A soulful vocal and rolling bassline underpin bars from Aliyah’s Interlude, the Atlanta artist whose 2023 breakout ‘It Lady’ paired her rapping with a ’90s-style home manufacturing.

The album’s previous singles hint an equally wide selection of influences with tracks like ‘Good Lady,’ his newest with Prospa, which layers Tristan Henry’s topline over spoken-word from Melynda Randel. His Franky Rizardo collaboration, ‘Get Up and Dance,’ attracts from Third World’s 1978 reggae-disco rendition of ‘Now That We Discovered Love’ whereas ‘Again of the Membership’ lifts its hook from Mashonda’s R&B single of the identical title, co-written with Swizz Beatz.

These reference factors span many years and genres, giving the album’s retrospective premise a attain past Cloonee’s personal catalog. The broader venture additionally arrives within the wake of ‘Free Your Thoughts,’ his CircoLoco single with Prospa. Though absent from the album, the observe marked a milestone for each acts, incomes every their first No. 1 on Billboard’s Dance Airplay chart.

You possibly can hearken to Are You Nonetheless You? beneath and discover the brand new album on streaming providers right here.